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Von Neumann’s poker machine

Tim Harford has a fascinating article on poker and the increasing use and ramifications of game theory.

One ironic possibility looms large: eventually, online poker will be dominated by the only poker players able to master John von Neumann's game theory, the computers. Meanwhile, the humans will retreat back to the flesh-and-blood world of the casinos, where a nervous tic can tell more than a thousand calculations…Rather than conquering traditional poker, the biggest legacy of the poker mathematicians may be to make the game more exciting for the rest of us than ever before.

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2 Responses to “Von Neumann’s poker machine”

  1. Gravatar Lorenzo

    My poker app will not do what I want here but at one time I had a bookmarked website that would.
    Input both hole cards for 2 or more players then run a simulation. Anyone know a website for this? Thanks.